Independent Kids 8
Remarkable three-year-old helps deliver a lamb on her family farm
Possibly the world’s youngest animal midwife, this three-year-old helps this Ewe deliver her lamb safely into the world, on her family farm. Her mother guides her through but it is clearly this child has been taught well.
https://youtu.be/BJ8c5HLHdj4
Children are capable of some amazing things when given the guidance and opportunity.
Designer takes kids’ most creative inventions and makes them real
British designer Dominic Wilcox asked 450 children in the UK to send him their invention ideas. When they started rolling in and he saw how great some of the ideas where he decided to pick out a few to be manufactured. Sixty out of approximately 600 submissions were made into real products.
Dominic’s goal is to get people to recognize the power of a child’s imagination. Rather than just put photos like these on the fridge he encourages parents to … Keep Reading!!!
Stop shaming moms for checking their phones while their kids play
Recently, a Facebook post, from a mom who insists that we all put our phones down when our children are around, has gone viral. She traded her phone for a pen and paper and tallied up her children’s glances in her direction.
28 times my loves would have questioned if they were alone emotionally. 28 times my kids would have been reassured that who you are online is what really matters
It made me think. Of those 28 times, … Keep Reading!!!
Young girl spends her eighth birthday tying winter coats to telephone poles to help the homeless
It is no secret that Canada gets cold in the winter, and for the homeless population this becomes very problematic. Eight-year-old Jada, wanted to do something about it.
With the help of her mom, Tara, she gathered winter coats from the community and spent her eighth birthday dressing street poles throughout Halifax, Nova Scotia with 7 of her friends. Each jacket had a tag that said “I am not lost! If you are stuck out in the cold, please … Keep Reading!!!
See this teen vlogger tie together the body shaming of youth and low breastfeeding rates
Fourteen-year-old Youtube vlogger A Girl With a View explains how body shaming young girls directly relates to breastfeeding and nails it completely
A Girl With a View (real name Lavinia Martin-Weber) addresses the story of a teen girl sent home from school for not wearing a bra but quickly speaks to the larger body shaming issue. What she says about how the body shaming of young girls affects breastfeeding rates is completely on point.
It’s always so great to … Keep Reading!!!
‘I want everyone to be smiling’. This little girl asks her divorced parents to get along
It is the age-old struggle for divorced parents; dealing with arguments that naturally come with the dissolution of a relationship but trying to remain civil for the sake of the children. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how much the fighting and bickering can affect the kids.
6-year-old Tiana explains, quite eloquently, what she wants to see from her parents and how she doesn’t like to see them fighting. It all started with a fallen shoe rack which ignited a fight … Keep Reading!!!
Two Russian kindergartners make the greatest playground escape
Kids always joke about school feeling like prison but these kids took it to a whole new level. Two kindergartners created a genius master plot. The five-year-olds dug a tunnel under the fence days in advance. And they did it all with shovels from the sandbox. During a class walk they snuck over and made their great escape.
So what do 2 escape artists do on the outside? Walk 2 kilometres to a car dealership and try to buy … Keep Reading!!!
Attachment and Independence – different sides of the same coin
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And here we are. Down to the last days of summer, which for me means a turmoil of angst, packing, and insomnia. It’s cool here in NY this morning, and I want to scream, “No! … Keep Reading!!!
